Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-10
CLOSE OF THE LEAGUE SEASON
THE CLOSING GAMES OF THE sEAsON-ANoTHER VIC
TORY FOR THE STATESMEN

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THE CLOSING GAMES OF THE sEAsoN-ANorHRR VIC.
| TORY FOR THE STATESMEN
| The last League championship games of the sea-
son on Saturday resulted as follows: Washington
9, Boston 4; Ptttsburg Z, Chicago z; Philadelphia
| g. New York 8; Detroit 9, Indianapolis IL: and the
Association games-Baltimore TO- Nets O; Ath-
letic j, Brooklyn 5; Cleveland T. ST. Louis ?; Lou
isville ~, Cincinnati 6. Sunday games resulted
Nets g. Brooklyn ?; Cincinnati 2, Louisville 0; st
Louis g. Cleveland 9.
THE SEASONS RECORD
A comparison OF the records OF the League clubs
and players during the season shows that the De-
| troit club leads in both batting and fielding New
York stands second in batting and Philadelphia
/ second In fielding: Washington stands number
| in batting Chicago and Philadelphia are tied Tor
fourth place, leaving Washington next to last and
PttSburg last, while in fielding Chicago and BOS-
ton are both below Washington.
AMONG THE PLAYERS
Maui, OF Philadelphia, leads the League in bat
ting with an average OF .457. As he played in
but 16 games big Dan Brouthers, of Detroit, will
be generally considered the leader with 121 games
guson, Darling, Kelly, Wise, Nash, and Hines fol-
| low in order, making the leading ten batsmen of
the League. washington again has but one
leaders the other Statesmen stand as follows:
OBrien No. 81, with an average OF .352; Whitney
S NO 81 average s6; Myers No a. average 3o5;
| age 2ss; Carroll and Farrell 63, aver
age 20; Shaw :,s. Ct average 800; Deaiy
Obay So, average .aas; Donnelly S. average .as3;
Mack SO, average PIG. Gilmore stands No. "a, at
the foot OF the list; average .124. 1t often hap
pens that two or more players have made the same
average, and are therefore tied, and are given the
same position, that generally speaking players
positions are not really as good as they appear.
Hines Is the only local player who really occupies
| the position given him. O'Brien who comes next,
stands No. 81, but In reality "a players have bet
ter averages than he has. Gilmore really stands
No. 125, the last OF all, although his number is
81.
HOW THB FIELDERs STAND.
Bennett, OF Detroit, leads the catcherS with
Myers, of Indianapolis, second. Mack stands No.
g. Gilligan 10, Dealy 16 and Kelly, OF Boston, II.
Morrill, OF Boston, and MckinnOn, of Pittsburg
(deceased) are tied for first place among the first
basemen. OBrien stands No. 4. Dunlap leads
the second basement with Ferguson, OF Philadel-
ph1a, second. Myers stands No. 8 and Farrell No.
O. Kelly and Ewing foot the list. Whitney, OF
Pittsburg leads the third basemen, with Denny
and DOnnelly Z. Ward, OF New York. is the
leading shortstop. Glasscock stands No. 4, Far
rell 10 and Myers -. Gillespie, OF New York,
No. T. Hines stands fourth among the center
fielders, johnson being first, Andrews second and
Hanlon third Van Haltren, OF Chicago, has the
best average among the right tielders. He played
stands second, played in 12O games. Shoch and
are ted ed lor for third place Daily
Stands at notch NO. II, pretty we'll down the list.
The WaShingtOnS Will play with the MetrOpOl-
itans at Capltol Park on Tuesday, Wednesday ana
Thursday.
PLEASED WITH THEIR TIRE ATMENT IN WASHINGTON
The Putnam PhalanX arrived at home in Hartford
Conn.,, Saturday evening from It's Washington eX-
curSlOn, and was received by the local military Or
CARNATIONS. parade followed through the prin-
clpal streets, which were filled with cOlOred fires
and fireworks After this banquet was served to
the PhalanX in the arinOry. The members OF the
PhalanX are very enthusiastic in their praise Of
the treatment they received from friends III Wash
tngtOn.
A NEW SwINDLE.-LaSt week VIM, ByerS OF No.
941 Maryland avenue southwest, had q suit OF
clothes made and the tailor delivered them Satur-
day afternoon. About five minutes after thew
We're delivered a man called at the house and told
Mrs. ByerS that the tailor had sent the wrong
coat and vest and wanted her to give them to him.
She handed over the coat and vest and the man
LETT, promising to return the right coat and vest
The rogue probably wore the clothing yesterday
as he never brought 1t back.
CRUELTY TO A COw.--MrS. Bridget Riley was be-
lore the Police Court to-day, charged with cruelty
TO animals. 1t was Shown that COW belonging
10 Mrs. Riley was picked up by POundmaSter Elm
stem and rope about its horns had been there so
long time that the flesh had grown partly over
II; that the animal was turned over to Agent Key,
OF the Humane Society, who removed The rope, and
that the animal lost nearly half gallon OF blood
The Judge imposed tine OF $40 and suspended exc
cutiOn OF sentence.
FELL FROM A CHESTNUT TREE.-A cOlOred man
named Wheeler, employed on the farm OF Mr. VIM
X. Smith, OF the Botanical Garden, near Silver
Springs, fell from Il chestnut tree on Sunday, and
was dangerously II not fatally injured. He fell a
distance OF 80 feet. 1t was thought this morning
that he could not recover